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11-25-2008, 01:41 PM
|  | sReckoner | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delawhere?
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| | | I don't know how useful a flamethrower would be in the long run, and if you limit it with ammo, then you'd be stuck using pistols for a long time during the level...plus certain numnuts which I will not name would light everyone of the remaining survivors on fire in two seconds flat...
as for molotovs vs pipe bombs, I much prefer molotovs (especially considering pipe bombs are useless against tanks), but there are a couple points in the game where pipe bombs are essential, i.e. the lift near the gas station...
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11-25-2008, 01:46 PM
|  | Note: Huge Success | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England
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Originally Posted by CoffeeShark  the flames from a molotov actually are more effective across a larger space than the pipe bomb, although the pipe bomb is more effective if the parties are injured and can't afford many hits.
Because the pipe bomb attracts zombies from all areas, and the molotov only covers one direction, it really depends on circumstance.
Molotovs are better for single-spawn area hordes. Pipe bombs are great for a multi-infected attack, where you're fighting hunters/smokers/boomers/tanks at the same time as a horde attacks. | everyone is missing the plain obvious... fists. if I could go around punching zombies, you would never see me with another weapon again.
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11-25-2008, 01:47 PM
| | sReckoner | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delawhere?
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Originally Posted by VincentVega everyone is missing the plain obvious... fists. if I could go around punching zombies, you would never see me with another weapon again. | Isn't that what you do when you just have pistols?!?
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11-25-2008, 01:48 PM
|  | All Hail Jesus Frankenstein | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some western town
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| | | Vega just misunderstood "fisting".
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11-25-2008, 01:54 PM
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11-25-2008, 02:21 PM
|  | This...is a rocket launcher | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeeDot SeaDot
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Originally Posted by joe I don't know how useful a flamethrower would be in the long run, and if you limit it with ammo, then you'd be stuck using pistols for a long time during the level...plus certain numnuts which I will not name would light everyone of the remaining survivors on fire in two seconds flat...
as for molotovs vs pipe bombs, I much prefer molotovs (especially considering pipe bombs are useless against tanks), but there are a couple points in the game where pipe bombs are essential, i.e. the lift near the gas station... | Good points, I thought of that as well. The team member holding the flamethrower would almost certainly be a special use person, typically for the horde-tank-horde-tank motif one finds in campaign finales. They could run with it in the between maps (using pistols primarily) but really only pull it for large group scenarios.
Regarding the text I emboldened in your quote...Dan Sonic Rage and I discovered a pretty prime location to defend from the onslaught after raising the lift. It is actually a second floor room adjacent to the gas station and offers a sweet close quarters unidirectional defense for the survivors.
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11-25-2008, 07:03 PM
|  | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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| | | each bomb has its uses. cocktails are good for tanks while pipes are good for hordes. |
11-25-2008, 08:58 PM
|  | Richardthemadman | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa
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| | | Molotovs are especially useful when a boomer pukes on you, just whip out the molotov and enjoy the almost-instant teleport to the safe room!
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